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Night Out returns Aug. 14 to village

August 01, 2018

Event at Grady Park will again showcase critical work done by law enforcement

By

DAN BENSON

Ozaukee Press Staff

Ozaukee County residents will be able to see local law enforcement a little closer and on a more personal level at the annual National Night Out event scheduled to be held Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Grady Park in Saukville.

The event will be attended by representatives of every police department in the county and several other agencies, including K-9 dog units, vehicles and equipment.

“It’s a great opportunity for our officers to interact with the public and have them see our cars and all the cool equipment we use,” said Saukville Police Chief Robert Meyer. “It’s a great, positive event with the public and with the kids. It let’s them see the other side of what we do.”

Admission to the event is free, as is food and other activities. It will be held from 5 to 9 p.m.

Highlights include a nonperishable food raffle to benefit Advocates of Ozaukee County. Each person may bring in up to four items of non-perishable food for the raffle and receive an equal number of raffle tickets. The top prize is a $125 gift card to Target to buy a bike. Other toys also can be won. The raffle will be called beginning at 7:30 p.m.

That will be followed by the Flight for Life helicopter landing at 7:45p.m.

According to its website, National Night Out “is designed to heighten crime prevention and drug awareness, generate support for local anticrime programs, strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships and to send a message to criminals letting them know that our neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

“We use National Night Out as a night to allow our kids to get to know the local law enforcement and learn that we are helpers in situations, not people to be feared.”